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Set design’s loss may be criminal justice’s gain. A new technology may eventually replace luminol in detecting traces of blood. In films or television police procedurals, the detectives go in, spray ...

We’ve all seen an intrepid investigator spray down a crime scene with luminol and turn off the light, and a seemingly innocent room glows blue, illuminated by the leftover traces of gore. This is ...